SPIRITUAL THERAPIES

Spiritual or faith healing is a concept that religious belief can bring about healing—either through prayers or rituals that, according to adherents, evoke a divine presence and power toward correcting disease and disability.

In common usage, "faith healing" refers to notably overt and ritualistic practices of communal prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that solicit divine intervention in initiating literal physical healing.

Claims that prayer, divine intervention, or the ministrations of an individual healer can cure illness have been popular throughout history. Miraculous recoveries have been attributed to myriad techniques commonly lumped together as "faith healing." It can involve prayer, a visit to a religious shrine, or simply a strong belief in a supreme being.

Forms of spiritual therapies include:

Affirmation Therapy

Deliverance Therapy

Meditation Therapy

Prayer Therapy

Sound Therapy